Turning the red bull cannon to assault mode

Once we got our official entry into the red bull creation contest finished and submitted, we figured we might as well kick things up a notch just for giggles. We set up a firing range in the basement at Squidfoo and positioned “herbert”, a mannequin that was left over in the building from a previous tenant, in the sights.

We discovered two things:
1. it is hard to aim this thing precisely. We should have found a laser to affix to the barrel.
2. “Herbert” is the toughest mannequin in the universe. He barely had a chip on him even from point blank range!

lol I don’t think there is any advantage in using a hybrid over a pneumatic in this case – even a low mix hybrid could destroy the cans/ammo before they leave the barrel

Though I can tell that your gun could use a better valve – this one is just way too small

What is worse there is a bell reducer on the barrel – bell reducers are NOT pressure rated – they are DWV(drain waste vent)so they are expected to normaly handle like 15 psi in normal use

Sure it might not fail, as your gun operates at very low pressures thx to that smallish valve you’ve got, but vast majority of failures and accidents that have occured on PVC cannons can be attributed to use of DWV parts

Oh and herbert is a beast. Maybe because he is soft and squishy? My favorite ammunition for air cannons is ice bolts, molded in a redbull can. Fits perfectly down a 2″ pipe and is self lubricating. It is trivial to break old 2×4 material with those, so this is pretty close to the shenanigans I am used to.